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Maxton had whilst studying at the University of Glasgow described his political loyalties lying with the Conservatives, he later embraced the ideology of socialism and in 1904 he joined the Barrhead branch of the Independent Labour Party (ILP).
Maxton's move to socialism was heavily influenced by John Maclean, a fellow student at Glasgow University, and someone who would also go on to become a schoolteacher. Maclean was not alone in influencing Maxton, it was directly following a meeting in Paisley addressed by the socialist Philip Snowden that he decided to join the ILP.
Maxton in his later life claimed that the biggest influence in deciding to become a socialist was the grinding poverty that many of the children he taught lived in.
Maxton, along with Maclean, was a vociferous opponent of World War I and he spent a year in prison for campaigning against the war. He was along with Ramsay MacDonald responsible for moving the motion at the Labour Party's National Executive Committee which dictated that Labour members of the wartime coalition government resign from it in preparation for the 1918Events January January 8 President Woodrow Wilson announces his " Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. February February 3 The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service in San Francisco as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long). General Election.
Maxton became the ILP MP for Glasgow Bridgeton at the 1922 General Election and led the ILP thereafter. He was initially keen that the ILP retained its affiliation with the Labour Party but later changed his mind and led the ILP out of any association with Labour.
Maxton died (still a sitting MP for Bridgeton) in 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar. After his death the ILP stagnated until it ceased to be a viable independent political party. Maxton was considered one of the greatest orators of his day both within and without the Commons. However, his forthright views often caused controversy, indeed his parliamentary priviledges were withdrawn on one occasion when he called Winston Churchill "a murderer". This, following the government decision to withdraw school milk. Churchill, whilst holding political opinions wholly inconsistent with those of Maxton still described him as 'the greatest parliamentarian of his day'.
Maxton heavily influenced his families political opinions, with his mother and all his siblings joining the ILP. His nephew John Maxton was a MP for Glasgow Cathcart from 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. till 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap.
The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon BrownThis article is about the Chancellor of the Exchequer. For the rugby player of the same name, see Gordon Brown (rugby player The Right Honourable James Gordon Brown (born February 20, 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Chancellor of t has confessed to having been fascinated by Maxton as a young man and has written a biography of him, simply entitled Maxton
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